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GlaxoSmithKline, under a probe in China for alleged bribery, has admitted wrongdoing by some of its senior executives. Abbas Hussain, GSK’s president of international operations, said that senior China-based executives “appear to have acted outside of our processes and controls, which breaches Chinese law.” Hussain apologized to Chinese authorities and said the drug company was …

A former Chinese official embroiled in a sex video scandal has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for bribery. Lei Zhengfu, former secretary of the Communist Party in Chongqing District, was convicted of accepting bribes of around 3.16 million yuan ($510,000) as hush money from a man surnamed Ming to pay off Xiao Ye …

Thirty-six Mumbai policemen have been suspended for ‘taking bribes’ after being caught in the act on camera. Kasam Khan said he installed a video camera when policemen asked him for bribes while he was carrying out building work at a friend’s home in the Nehru Nagar area. Some of the policemen threatened to frame him …

A probe on Chinese network equipment makers is set to take off after a draft report released Monday by a US Congress committee claimed the two companies pose a threat to US national security, underlining the mounting trade disputes between US and China, Reuters reports. The US House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee accused Huawei Technologies …